Name: Chromatic Lightning Cage
Brand: Dave Bessell

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DIN84

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2024-03-15

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Shellshock

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5028423240846

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Dave Bessell

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Electronic

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DiN is an ambient music label that was started by Ian Boddy in April 1999. With a focus on electronic and experimental music, DiN has become known for releasing innovative and boundary-pushing albums.
Since its inception, DiN has been dedicated to showcasing the work of talented artists from around the world. The label has released albums from renowned musicians such as *Robert Rich*, *Tetsu Inoue*, and *Erik Wøllo*, among others.
With a commitment to quality and artistic integrity, DiN continues to be at the forefront of the ambient music scene. Their releases span various subgenres within ambient music, including dark ambient, space music, and glitch. Whether you're a long-time fan or new to the genre, exploring the diverse catalog of DiN is sure to be a captivating journey into sonic landscapes like no other.

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This new release from synthesist Dave Bessell sees him completing a quartet of albums loosely based on the Greek philosophy of the Four Elements, namely Fire, Water, Earth and Air. There’s certainly no doubting that Chromatic Lightning Cage with its vivid cover is referencing Fire but this personal odyssey started with the concept of Water on his inaugural solo album, Analogue released in 2010. Bessell has also released two collaborations with Parallel Worlds on the DiN imprint as well as being part of the synth supergroup Node. It is interesting that whilst the Berlin School inspired sequencer riffs of the latter dominate the soundstage Bessell largely eschews this approach on his own albums.

Rather on this and his other DiN solo releases he explores interesting harmonic progressions with a series of interlocking delicate arpeggios. This is most evident on the opening track “After Hours” as well as the beautiful closing piece “Elegy”. Elsewhere Bessell blurs the line between guitar and synth using his stringed instruments as controllers for his modular systems. His music has always had an element of the soundtrack to it and this is certainly highlighted in the track “Ariel” which has a mystical, unearthly quality to its soundscapes. Bessell has noted that the ghosts of Amon Tobin and Nils Frahm wander through this album at times which is certainly an intriguing thought.&nbsp;

Chromatic Lightning Cage

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Discover Chromatic Lightning Cage by Dave Bessell. A captivating album exploring harmonic progressions and blurring the line between guitar and synth. Released on DiN label.